The actual footage from Camera 4 would be easy to cut and swap it for some prerecorded footage. What I’m more concerned about is where the actual goddamned camera itself went!
When the forklift starts lifting at 0:55 there’s a bit of a wobble (at about 0:58) when Paul is mostly off screen. If they cut to a pre-record, this is the only moment (in what’s shown on this video) that they could do it at, which would also explain why the volunteer is out of shot at this point, and Daniels could have just got his timing and movement perfect so you don’t see the difference. If it cut while his face was on the screen the cut would be obvious.
Well, I mean from when the camera is moved in, not from the start. A commercial would be an easy way to connect the feed under the guise of moving the camera into the box. The cameraman, of course, yanks the feed at the gunshot.
Looking again, maybe it’s not a mirror in the window since the other guy probably isn’t in on it and would notice a reflective surface. The video is definitely not from a studio camera, though. It’s mounted in the ceiling. The disappearing camera I don’t know, though…
A video no one’s posted the solution to? Well I think I see the video bit: The video at 0:30 seems lower quality and the window frame has these triangles cut out of the video making it an hexagon… The widow frame at 1:08 is just made from two planks with the middles cut. It should be a perfect square. My bet is on a mini camera in the ceiling (which doesn’t fall apart at the end) and an angled mirror in the window. The video feed is connected from the start. Cont…
0:55 – 1:02 if it is a pre-recorded video this is the only point I can see where it could cut from live to a pre-record; Daniels leans out so only his sleeve is still visible. He seems to be looking under the crate, but why would he have to? It’s the only point I can see (and obviously the trick is cut up here) where he could plausibly switch the feed. Just a guess though.
Dunno how it’s done but here are a couple of things to consider:
1. The uneven base of the case – look at the way it rises at either side (where the cameraman is standing) and the dip in the middle is the perfect size for the base of the camera.
2. The volunteer is only seen on the camera view when it is on the ground, not when it rises. These two points suggest to me it never moved off the ground.
3. Maybe the cameraman wouldn’t have to know how it was done; he was just told to act surprised.
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The actual footage from Camera 4 would be easy to cut and swap it for some prerecorded footage. What I’m more concerned about is where the actual goddamned camera itself went!
Wow, the bottom of that box looks awful thick….. Hmmmm…. I don’t know Batman….
Lol the guys like WTF again with my camra last time I didn’t get it back!!! Lol
When the forklift starts lifting at 0:55 there’s a bit of a wobble (at about 0:58) when Paul is mostly off screen. If they cut to a pre-record, this is the only moment (in what’s shown on this video) that they could do it at, which would also explain why the volunteer is out of shot at this point, and Daniels could have just got his timing and movement perfect so you don’t see the difference. If it cut while his face was on the screen the cut would be obvious.
Well, I mean from when the camera is moved in, not from the start. A commercial would be an easy way to connect the feed under the guise of moving the camera into the box. The cameraman, of course, yanks the feed at the gunshot.
Looking again, maybe it’s not a mirror in the window since the other guy probably isn’t in on it and would notice a reflective surface. The video is definitely not from a studio camera, though. It’s mounted in the ceiling. The disappearing camera I don’t know, though…
A video no one’s posted the solution to? Well I think I see the video bit: The video at 0:30 seems lower quality and the window frame has these triangles cut out of the video making it an hexagon… The widow frame at 1:08 is just made from two planks with the middles cut. It should be a perfect square. My bet is on a mini camera in the ceiling (which doesn’t fall apart at the end) and an angled mirror in the window. The video feed is connected from the start. Cont…
Finally why, at the end of the trick, is the cameraman standing where the camera was?
0:55 – 1:02 if it is a pre-recorded video this is the only point I can see where it could cut from live to a pre-record; Daniels leans out so only his sleeve is still visible. He seems to be looking under the crate, but why would he have to? It’s the only point I can see (and obviously the trick is cut up here) where he could plausibly switch the feed. Just a guess though.
Dunno how it’s done but here are a couple of things to consider:
1. The uneven base of the case – look at the way it rises at either side (where the cameraman is standing) and the dip in the middle is the perfect size for the base of the camera.
2. The volunteer is only seen on the camera view when it is on the ground, not when it rises. These two points suggest to me it never moved off the ground.
3. Maybe the cameraman wouldn’t have to know how it was done; he was just told to act surprised.
Lmao! I love watching this bcuz the camera man walks around like wtf…… where’s my camera…..
how can it be pre recorded when he waves at it?
And how can it go through a trap door when its on a forklift truck?
No trap doors in TV Centre studios. This is studio 3, I think, a studio I know very well. I assure you, that’s not how it’s done!
the best
Everyone always says trap door its funny! Lack of imagination that, Its a solid floor and wood .
i thought that but maybe the cameraman in the box has a hidden camera which is producing the video stream
The camera goes under a trap door,and the video in the square is prerecorded.
the screen shoulda jumped to some island or thirdworld country
mirror tricks
jeee suusss chriiissstttt
cyber
go fuck your mother i ask whatever i want to… yeah?
you never ask
how is this trick done… anyone?
omg i gave out the real way he does it the trick and ive badmouthed bout it so it no longer shows!! what is this a conspiracy?? lol
wtf
Damn I miss Paul Daniels.
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